Protents -- Cambridge and the Puritan leaven -- Frustration and flight -- Troubler of Israel -- The Salem Rebellion -- Oligarchy in the judgment seat -- Wilderness exile -- Democracy on the anvil -- The Rhode Island way -- Insecurities and Alarums -- Dickering for a charter -- Naboth's vineyard -- A more perfect union -- Indian trader and frontier peacemaker -- Colonial diplomat -- President Williams -- Liberty without license -- The nemesis of orthodoxy -- The narragansett land fever -- Democracy on the defensive -- Roger Williams and the American tradition